History of Race
Stephanie Stewart
University of Phoenix
Tracey, it was a pleasure seeing you again after all this time. Last we spoke you had mentioned that you were writing a research paper on the History of Asian Americans. I hoped to get the opportunity to give you a little bit of research that I have uncovered through my reading and discussions in my Ethics class at University of Phoenix. You may be interested to know that Asian Americans are of Asian descent. According to the US Census Bureau’s definition of Asians it refers to a person having origins of any of the original peoples of the Far East, South Asia, or the Indian subcontinent. Around the late 1880’s Chinese immigrants began coming to America specifically around the time of the California Gold Rush. It wasn’t until about the 1950’s that Japanese nationals could become nation citizens of the United States.
Remember we were talking about my grandmother and how she fell in love with that solder from World War II? Turns out he was a lieutenant during the famous Japanese’s internment camps. They were camps that were designed to stop the threat of Japanese warfare from within the United States. However, it was one of the biggest mistakes in US history and 1988 president Regan allotted $20,000 for anyone that was interned in these camps. Since World War II the United States has allied with Japan and many other Asian countries. I remember when you and I went to Japan and spent that long holiday in Tokyo. I remember feeling a bit out of place when we were there as I am sure many Asian Americans may have felt when they first entered this country. There has been no shortage in stereotypes regarding Asian Americans since they began migrating to the US. Many of the early movies and even movies today portray Asian Americans with different stereotypes. For example, most roles for Asian Americans were portraying them in Kung Fu movies, prostitutes or intellectual geeks. Many of these stereotypes are just now beginning to change and Asian Americans are dawning new roles portraying leading men and women in film and television. I can only imagine what kind of pain a person must fell to see their culture mocked within the media. Like remember that one kid from class in 12th grade that everyone wanted to copy their homework from. He wasn’t even smart, but people just assumed he was. Asian Americans have come a long way since they began immigrating to the United States many of the early legislation prevented Asian Americans from owning land or leasing it. While in the mid 1800’s Chinese Americans made up about 80% of the workforce, Japanese and Chinese immigrants were barred from owning, leasing or farming land. Can you imagine working on a railroad for hours on end and not being able to own your own home in order to provide for your family? Most of the railroads that built this country were created from the sweat and hard work provided by Chinese labor. It is pretty amazing to think that this country was built by many who weren’t even born in the United States. These types of laws were highly discriminatory
RACE AND YOUR COMMUNITY name AXIA AT UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX Race Issues: An Autobiography Racial issues arise in all communities around the world, but not all issues are the same from one community to the next. Growing up I realized that my race would be a constant factor in how others would view me as a person. Being an African American has not always been easy, but it has opened my eyes to the racial and ethnic issues that exist among society, both in the United States, and in other countries…
to changing to social change and women’s suffrage. They were also social activists and therefore found that their responsibility was to make a change, and this is what they wanted to change. African Americans have at various times in United States history been referred to as African, colored, Negro, Afro-American, and black, as well as African American. Racism was essentially two societies in one country. The white population held all of the power and most of the wealth. In the south, every state had…
assimilated into European culture. The African slave trade also helped contribute to the environment of a racist culture in America by debasing the African races and teaching Caucasian Americans that they are better than the African races. Through the U.S. history, the meaning of the label “white” has changed over time, from a “superior race” to only a different color, but the discussion of racism has never ended. Instead, it has been discussed more and more. In addition to that, Stacy Pratt McDermott…
African Americans have had to struggle as a race throughout most of our U.S. history. African Americans “were brought to the North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619 to aid in the production of such lucrative crops as tobacco” (History, 2012, Para.1). They were brought to America as slaves, having no choice at all in their relocation and separation from their families. Slavery grew rapidly over the years with slaves working on various types of plantations. Around the late 1700s and early…
because each race should be able to learn about their history and their own culture. For example, from my experience growing up every text book would only teach us about how people were treated badly in American textbooks, but they would not mention any of the other races’ great accomplishments. When blacks are mentioned in textbooks slavery always has to have an emphasis. Taking into consideration that Native Americans were the ones that were here first, there should be more history about them. It…
Provide citations for all the sources you use. • Throughout most of U.S. history, in most locations, what race has been in the majority? What is the common ancestral background of most members of this group? While the Unites States is a very diverse country that consist of many races such as Whites, American Indians, Asians and African Americans. However, there is one race that is considerably the most common race throughout most locations of the United States. According to the 2010 U.S. Census…
Individual Final Paper Learning about the history of race and ethnicity has helped me to understand the struggles, tragedies, and hurdles so many generations have endured. All races have suffered from discrimination and prejudice. Some of the most shocking information is from the African tribes and how they sold their own people into slavery and what those slave went through. After further inquisition, this was quite common in the history of all races. The African American was sold into slavery…
Bivek Ojha English 101 SL Mr Rothacker Languages, Race, and Culture: Related or Not? Language, culture and race are related but the relationship between language and either of the other elements is marginal. Language characteristically has a setting (Yule). It is quite often realized that people who speak a given language can trace their belonging to a specific human race or a set of races of people (Bartleby.com); a race being a group of people differentiated by the different physical attributes from other groups…
Race has always been a significant sociological theme, from the founding of the field and the formulation of the "classical" theoretical statements to the present. “Race” is a word like many words; it has a variety of meanings. Some of these occur frequently in everyday life, as we talk about “the human race” or about American “race relations”. Since the 19th century, sociological perspectives on race have developed and changed, always reflecting shifts in large-scale political processes. In the…
once said, “If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must man be of learning from experience?” and Albert Einstein, “the definition of insanity is to repeat something over and over again and expecting a different result each time.” The history of mankind is plagued with conflicts of politics, race, and religion; these vital organs of civilization has been the bane of human existence. The same conflicts occur time and time again throughout history. Surely mankind…
